Ohio will try to add to its Olympic medal count this summer
From July 26-Aug. 11, the sports world will be centered on Paris, as top athletes from around the world compete for their countries in the Summer Olympics. And Ohio has had its fair share of gold medalists since the Olympic Games were established in 1896.
Here's a list of the Ohioans who have earned gold medals at the Summer Olympic Games before the Paris Olympics begin.
Ohioans with Summer Olympic Games gold medals
1904 Summer Olympics
- Lida Howell (Archery, Lebanon): Double Columbia Round, Double National Round, Team Round
- Eliza Pollock (Archery, Hamilton): Team Round
- Emily Woodruff, (Archery, Cincinnati): Team Round
- Leonie Taylor (Archery, Cincinnati: Team Round
- Ed Hennig (Gymnastics, Cleveland): Horizontal bar, club swinging
- Albertson Van Zo Post (Fencing, Cincinnati): Foil team men's round, single sticks individual
- Charlie Daniels (Swimming, Dayton): 220-yard freestyle, 440-yard freestyle and 4x50-yard freestyle relay
1908 Summer Olympics
- Charlie Daniels (Swimming, Dayton): 100-meter freestyle
- Ed Cook (Track and Field, Chillicothe): Men's pole vault
- Charles Winder (Military Rifle, Wayne Township, Champaign County):Team military rifle
- Ivan Eastman (Rifle, Wisterman): Team military rifle
- Sumner Benedict (Rifle, Barlow Township): Team military rifle
1912 Summer Olympics
- Carl Osburn (Shooting, Jacksontown): Team Military Rifle 200, 400, 500 and 600 meters
- Ralph Spotts (Shooting, Canton): Men's team trap shooting
1920 Summer Olympics
- Carl Osburn (Shooting, Jacksontown): Team free rifle, team military rifle prone, military rifle standing 300 meters, and team military rifle prone
- Bill Jordan (Rowing, Cleveland): Team men's eights rowing
- James Snook (Shooting, South Lebanon): Team military pistol and team free pistol 50 meters
- Ray Bracken (Shooting, Steubenville): Team free pistol 50 meters
- Bud Fisher (Shooting, Youngstown): Free rifle three positions, team free rifle three positions and military rifle prone 300 meters
- Arthur Rothrock (Shooting, Hancock County): Team smal-bore rifle, standing 50 meters
- Horace Bonser (Shooting, Cincinnati): Men's team trap shooting
- Frances Schroth (Swimming, Toledo): 4x100 meter freestyle relay
1924 Summer Olympics
- Bud Fisher (Shooting, Youngstown): Free rifle prone 600 meters and team free rifle 400, 600 and 800 meters
- DeHart Hubbard (Track, Cincinnati): Long jump
- Bob Devereaux (Rugby, Cheshire): Men's rugby
- Harry Steel (Wrestling, Sparta): Heavyweight freestyle
1928 Summer Olympics
- Walter Laufer (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x200 meter freestyle relay
1932 Summer Olympics
- John Anderson (Track and Field, Cincinnati): Discus throw
- Carmen Barth (Boxing, Cleveland): Middleweight
- Earl Thomson (Equestrian, Cleveland): Team men's equestrian
- Karl Dorsey (Sailing, Lima): 8-meters open
1948 Summer Olympics
- Earl Thomson (Equestrian, Cleveland): Team men's equestrian
- Harrison Dillard (Track, Cleveland): 100-meter and 4x100-meter relay
- Alex Groza (Basketball, Martins Ferry): Men’s basketball
- Herman Whiton (Sailing, Cleveland): 6-meters open
1952 Summer Olympics
- Harrison Dillard (Track, Cleveland): 110-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay
- Herman Whiton (Sailing, Cleveland): 6-meters open
- Nate Brooks (Boxing, Cleveland): Flyweight
- Charley Manring (Rowing, Cleveland): Team men's eights rowing
- Pete George (Weightlifting, Akron): Middleweight
1956 Summer Olympics
- Bob Morey (Rowing, Cleveland): Team men's eights rowing
- Chuck Vinci (Weightlifting, Cleveland): Bantamweight
1960 Summer Olympics
- Chuck Vinci (Weightlifting, Cleveland): Vantamweight
- Jerry Lucas (Basketball, Middletown): Men’s basketball
- Wilbert McClure (Boxing, Toledo): Light middleweight
1964 Summer Olympics
- Bob Schul (Track, West Milton): 5,000 meters
- Bill Mettler (Swimming, Springfield): 4x200-meter freestyle relay
1968 Summer Olympics
- Madeline Manning (Track, Cleveland): 800 meters
- Bill Hosket (Basketball, Dayton): Men’s basketball
- Ronnie Harris (Boxing, Canton): Lightweight
- Bill Steunkraus (Equestrian, Cleveland): Individual, Open
- Zac Zorn (Swimming, Dayton): 4x100-meter freestyle relay
- Chet Jastremski (Swimming, Toledo): 4x100-meter medley relay
1972 Summer Olympics
- Dave Wottle (Track, Canton): 800 meters
- Jenny Kemp (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x100-meter freestyle relay
- Deena Deardruff (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x100-meter medley relay
1976 Summer Olympics
- Darrell Pace (Archery, Cincinnati): Individual men’s
- Edwin Moses (Track, Dayton): 400-meter hurdles
1984 Summer Olympics
- Darrell Pace (Archery, Cincinnati): Individual men’s
- Edwin Moses (Track, Dayton): 400-meter hurdles
- Scott May (Basketball, Sandusky): Men’s basketball
- Phil Hubbard (Basketball, Canton): Men’s basketball
- Phil Boggs (Diving, Akron): Men’s springboard
- Tad Coffin (Equestrian, Toledo): Individual open and team
1984 Summer Olympics
- Scott Johnson (Gymnastics, Cincinnati): Team all-around
- Alvin Robertson (Basketball, Barberton): Men’s basketball
- Cindy Noble (Basketball, Washington): Women’s basketball
- Betsy Mitchell (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x100-meter medley relay
1988 Summer Olympics
- Butch Reynolds (Track, Akron): 4x400-meter relay
1992 Summer Olympics
- Joe Hudepohl (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x100-meter freestyle relay
1996 Summer Olympics
- Joe Hudepohl (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x200-meter freestyle relay
- Amanda Borden (Gymnastics, Cincinnati): Team All-Around
- Gary Hall Jr. (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x100-meter freestyle relay and 4x100-meter medley relay
- Melanie Valerio (Swimming, Cleveland): 4x100-meter freestyle relay
2000 Summer Olympics
- Gary Hall Jr. (Swimming, Cincinnati): 50-meter freestyle and 4x100-meter medley relay
- Pat Borders (Baseball, Columbus): Men’s baseball
- Shane Heams (Baseball, Toledo): Men’s baseball
- Doug Mientkiewicz (Baseball, Toledo): Men’s baseball
- Katie Smith (Basketball, Lancaster): Women’s basketball
- Erin Phenix (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x100-meter freestyle relay
- Diana Munz (Swimming, Cleveland): 4x200-meter freestyle relay
2004 Summer Olympics
- Gary Hall Jr. (Swimming, Cincinnati): 50-meter freestyle
- Katie Smith (Basketball, Lancaster): Women’s basketball
- Tim Mack (Track, Cleveland): Pole vault
- Heather Mitts (Soccer, Cincinnati): Women’s soccer
- Bryan Volpenhein (Rowing, Cincinnati): Team men's eights rowing
- Pete Cipollone (Rowing, Marietta): Team men's eights rowing
- Dan Ketchum (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x200-meter freestyle relay
- Mark Gangloff (Swimming, Akron): 4x100-meter medley relay
2008 Summer Olympics
- Katie Smith (Basketball, Lancaster): Women’s basketball
- Heather Mitts (Soccer, Cincinnati): Women’s soccer
- Mark Gangloff (Swimming, Akron): 4x100-meter medley relay
- LeBron James (Basketball, Akron): Men’s basketball
- Michael Redd (Basketball, Columbus): Men’s basketball
2012 Summer Olympics
- Heather Mitts (Soccer, Cincinnati): Women’s soccer
- LeBron James (Basketball, Akron): Men’s basketball
- Erik Kynard (Track, Toledo): High jump
- Tianna Madison-Bartoletta (Track, Elyria): 4x100-meter relay
- Kayla Harrison (Judo, Middletown): Half-heavyweight
- Matt McLean (Swimming, Cleveland): 4x200-meter freestyle relay
- Nick Thoman (Swimming, Cincinnati): 4x100-meter medley relay
2016 Summer Olympics
- Tianna Madison-Bartoletta (Track, Elyria): 4x100-meter relay and Long jump
- Kayla Harrison (Judo, Middletown): Half-heavyweight
- Simone Biles (Gymnastics, Columbus): Individual all-around, Team all-around, Floor exercise and Horse vault
2020 Summer Olympics
- Zach Apple (Swimming, Trenton): 4x100-meter freestyle relay and 4x100 medley relay
- Hunter Armstrong (Swimming, Dover): 4x100-meter medley relay
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